Johann Gensfleisch
Gutenberg(1399?¡1468), who was the inventor and creator of
letterpress arts of German, was born in aristocratic family of
Maintz and learned fine work arts early.
He started to study the printing arts in Schtrasburg in 1434¡1444,
and developed printing machines, ink and how to mold the printing
types. He built a factory in Maintz in 1450, and printed
indulgences, and then after 2 or 3 years, he made prints such as
¡¸36 lined Bible¡¹ and ¡¸42 lined Bible¡¹ called ¡¸Gutenberg Bible¡¹.
After that, printing arts were spread to Europe, starting Southern
German, it became the opportunity of the Reformation and Science
Revolution of Europe.
The reason that Gutenberg is considered an important person is not
simply because he invented the metal printed types, but because he
molded the metal printed types and introduced the printing arts
that could make mass production.
Gutenberg's metal printed types was selected to the invention that
has influenced on the human beings in the last 1000 years by US
Times in the end of 1999, and he won the second in .
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